HC Deb 20 January 2003 vol 398 c37W
Mr Kidney

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what decisions he has taken regarding the making of regulations to provide for access to taxis by disabled people. [91546]

Mr. Jamieson

We are still considering the options for implementing the Taxi Accessibility Regulations. We need to ensure that the costs of requiring accessibility do not have a major detrimental impact on the viability of the taxi trade in some parts of the country. We have been in discussion with the trade, with manufacturers and with our statutory disability advisers, the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC). I will make a statement once we have arrived at what we believe to be a workable way forward.